Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Bebo Media Ltd.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP.Optional.OfferMosquito.A and Adware.Adpopup. The detection rate for the Bebo Media Ltd. files collected here is 6%. Please read on for more details.
You'll typically see Bebo Media Ltd. when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the Bebo Media Ltd. certificate with the following procedure:
Here's a screencap of a file signed by Bebo Media Ltd.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Bebo Media Ltd. and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, etc. You can also examine the address for Bebo Media Ltd., such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2 has issued the Bebo Media Ltd. certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the Bebo Media Ltd. files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/49 | Fifth.exe |
2/50 | Fifth.exe |
1/49 | Fifth.exe |
2/50 | omesuperv.exe |
6/53 | omesuperv.exe |
8/51 | omesuperv.exe |
2/47 | omesuperv.exe |
4/48 | omesuperv.exe |
5/51 | omesuperv.exe |
3/50 | omesuperv.exe |
4/48 | omesuperv.exe |
5/51 | omesuperv.exe |
4/51 | omesuperv.exe |
7/51 | omesuperv.exe |
5/51 | omesuperv.exe |
0/49 | OfferMosquitoIEPlaceholder.dll |
Here is the detection names for the Bebo Media Ltd. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVG | Generic.5EA |
Avast | NSIS:OfferMosquito-A [PUP] |
DrWeb | Adware.Bho.4009 |
Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Kazy.245303 (B), Trojan.JS.Redirector.BPJ (B) |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.OfferMosquito.A |
McAfee | Artemis!5799EC19B1BE |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.H, Artemis!5799EC19B1BE |
Symantec | Adware.BL, Adware.Adpopup, WS.Reputation.1 |
TrendMicro | ADW_ADPOP, ADW_ADPOPUP |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0313, TROJ_GE.203227CA, ADW_ADPOP, TROJ_GEN.F47V0306, TROJ_GEN.F47V1210, ADW_ADPOPUP, TROJ_GEN.F47V0223 |
VIPRE | BeboMedia (fs) |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 1015 scan results for the Bebo Media Ltd. files. 59 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: